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Top Things To Look For When Hiring a Spa Employee

Qualities to Look for:

  • Do they like people?
  • How stable are they in their home life?
  • Identify their passions
  • Identify their goals in 2,3,5 years; identify their vision of the perfect future
  • Check out their past
  • Ask for references that are not relatives
  • How clean are they when they come in for the interview?
  • Do they volunteer for the community or others?

Behaviors to Avoid:

  • Identify how they talk about others (look for negativity)
  • Frequent movers
  • If they have no passsions, can they care for your guests?
  • Conflicting goals
  • "Coarse" language
  • Do they use the word "I" alot?
  • Signs of impatience

By Pat Corbett, Hills Health Ranch www.hillshealthranch.com

 
Article ID: 179
Created:
June 21, 2005
Modified:
August 7, 2005

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